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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 10, 2004Twiggs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 10, 2004, 12:41 AM EST for Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 10, 2004, 12:41 AM EST (05:41 UTC)
Expired
Dec 10, 2004, 1:30 AM EST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Twiggs County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 9, 9:05 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Dec 9, 11:25 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2004-12-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 976 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2004-12-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 246 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
976 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
568 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 100541
SVRFFC
GAC289-100630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1240 AM EST FRI DEC 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 130 AM EST

* AT 1237 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF JEFFERSONVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TARVERSVILLE...DANVILLE AND BULLARD.

LAT...LON 3261 8361 3248 8350 3259 8323 3277 8332

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 9, 9:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fulton44 min
Dec 9, 9:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard31 min
Dec 9, 9:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb45 min
Dec 9, 9:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Jackson48 min
Dec 9, 9:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett, Rockdale22 min
Dec 9, 9:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Fulton25 min
Dec 9, 11:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Pickens28 min
Dec 9, 11:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley38 min
Dec 10, 12:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston27 min
Dec 10, 2:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd33 min
Dec 10, 3:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon, Pickens33 min
Dec 10, 3:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton31 min
Dec 10, 3:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll8 min
Dec 10, 3:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll20 min
Dec 10, 3:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard27 min
Dec 10, 3:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall25 min
Dec 10, 4:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton30 min
Dec 10, 4:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup36 min
Dec 10, 4:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Spalding31 min
Dec 10, 4:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Newton36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.